There has been a bit of discussion on facebook over what sounds like Little Big Town’s controversial track “Girl Crush”. My first reaction was that the guitar riff sounded a lot like “Unchained Melody”. A few others chimed in and and there are some good ones. Have a listen!

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Unchained Melody has a pretty standard 12/8 arpeggiated pattern, but for the melody discussed, I’d like to add Sailing by Rod Stewart (1975). For a while I thought Sailing and It’s a Heartache sounded similar, but not close enough. Now there is a missing link or two or three, though.

A complete melodic ripoff of Bonnie Tyler’s “It’s a Heartache”. This was driving me crazy….”I’ve heard this song” etc….
Bonnie would have a case here, just like Sam Smith’s ripoff of Petty’s “won’t back down”.

Not a country music fan, but it reminded me of first of the duet by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow, Picture, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKFx0MMqb48 and then Bobbie Tyler’s Heartache, but the Pretenders song sounds more like Girl Crush. So is it flattery?

Yes Girl Crush is just like I won’t let go RF.
And listen to this gospel song by Casting Crowns, Loving My Jesus. Chorus different but identical verses. Heard it last night at the Dove Awards and told my friend, that’s Girl Crush!https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L5NIkv3_tyM